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Apparently the attention that comes with throwing for 500 yards in a Monday night season opener isn’t enough for Tom Brady. Speaking to reporters Wednesday, the Patriots quarterback made the following order to fans to ensure that they will be adequately primed and ready to cheer on the home team for New England’s late afternoon game against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday at Gillette Stadium (via myFOXBoston):
Exactly. That wasn’t Brady’s intent at all, so said a team spokesperson later in the day:
Yep. That’s exactly what he meant by ordering them to “start drinking early” so that they are “nice and rowdy.” And the laughing by the reporters clearly indicates the seriousness of Brady’s comments about responsible alcohol intake. Further, there is nothing like drinking a lot of water early on during gameday to inspire a person to get nice and rowdy. Obviously, “lube up” means staying properly hydrated, too. I don’t even know why the Patriots felt compelled to have a spokesman clarify the meaning behind Brady’s comments. They are as crystal clear as a nice big glass of cool, refreshing water if you ask me.
A reporter asked Brady if he had any message for the fans in anticipation of the home opener. Brady responded, “Yeah, start drinking early. Get nice and rowdy. It’s a 4:15 game, they’ll have a lot of time to get lubed up, come out here and cheer for the home team.”
Ha. Hilarious. A relatively innocuous comment, right? Well, except for the drunken beatings which seem to be occurring in NFL stadiums with frightening frequency these days. But this is Tom Brady we’re talking about, right? Brady wouldn’t want to send the message that he wants Patriots whipped up into a foaming-at-the-mouth, inebriated, bloodthirsty frenzy, correct?Exactly. That wasn’t Brady’s intent at all, so said a team spokesperson later in the day:
A Patriots spokesman said later that Brady meant that the fans should stay hydrated, drink water and drink responsibly.
(re-reads Brady’s exact quote, takes a moment to contemplate)Yep. That’s exactly what he meant by ordering them to “start drinking early” so that they are “nice and rowdy.” And the laughing by the reporters clearly indicates the seriousness of Brady’s comments about responsible alcohol intake. Further, there is nothing like drinking a lot of water early on during gameday to inspire a person to get nice and rowdy. Obviously, “lube up” means staying properly hydrated, too. I don’t even know why the Patriots felt compelled to have a spokesman clarify the meaning behind Brady’s comments. They are as crystal clear as a nice big glass of cool, refreshing water if you ask me.
Although no can drink myself for these many years now, the Patriot faitful need no such reminder as tailgating at Gillette Stadium (not unlike most of the rest of the NFL) begins early mornings on game-day and a message from their team's QB or not, nothing will stop those decades old pre-game tail-gate rituals from taking place. Especially lethal are these now common 4:15 starts and even wore those old Monday night Football 9PM (not that the Pats were featured in many) kick-offs.
I have not been to Gillette Stadium very much but the same cannot be said for the old Schaeffer (among other names) Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. I was actually at the original first game ever played there - a massive traffic jam pre-season game between The New York Giants and the finally "we have a home (the cheapest in the NFL but still a home) New England Patriots and mainly owned by the colorful Billy Sullivan and his family. I forgot who won but remember it took about four hours just to get out of the old muddy as a swamp parking lot when it rained, which it did for that first game ever onto Route 1 and eventually get home a mere 15 miles maybe less away..I could have walked home faster..
My most vivid and to this day in my sometimes sick sense of humor head was being at Foxboro when Boston College and Notre Dame first met on the gridiron on September 15, 1975, in a game held at Foxboro Stadium. Trust me to tell you Notre Dame back then coming to Foxboro was a major event. I was able to get a ticket 18 months in advance among the BC students from an old BC Alum who when I was a kid was one of those Big Brother Program sponsors of mine, His name (RIP) was Mike and he treated me like a son for years since my real dad took a powder on my Mom (RIP) my kid sister and myself when I was around 3 years old...
Anyway, I had the ticket for the balmy night of September 15, 1975 and of course being a drinker back then got lubed up like most of the other 61,000 that showed up to see the beloved to the Boston Irish population "Fighting Irish" of Notre Dame play fellow Jesuit school Boston College. Game they were but also out-matched by the perennially top ten ranked and to good to attend Bowl games in those day Fighting Irish of Notre Dame..I remember Senator Ted Kennedy being in attendance at a much better seating local than the one I was in - the middle of the BC student section.
The story I am getting at is some young BC underclassman (probably a millionaire today) had passed out drunk to my right and just slumped down on his two feet tops of hard aluminum bench the stadium loosely referred to as seats. About two rows above us another future lawyer or Architect but then a BC undergrad had to take a leak and decided why bother hoofing it all the way to one of the half dozen pathetic mens toilets under the stands The Sullivan's spared no expense having installed and whipped it out right where he now stood and let fly while standing on his "seat" scoring a direct hit to the upper torso of the none the wiser passed out fellow BC student.
The thing I remember most about the actual event was the awake pisser may have set a at the time Foxboro record for the longest piss ever witnessed by over 60,000 mostly inebriated Notre Dame fans. In hindsight and not being that co-herent myself I estimate the piss lasted a good five minutes. Maybe I am exaggerating some, no way of telling any more but it seemed like a long dang gone piss which of course throughly saturated its unkowing and if truth be told, UN-caring receptacle.
The round of applause the now beaming proudly pisser received I swear out did the one the BC team received when they kicked their sole field goal in the 17-3 Irish victory...Sadly I never did find out when or even how the receptacle reacted when he eventually came to and found himself soaked in beer piss courtesy of the guy two rows back. I guess it could have been worse he could have been puked on instead but that is a debatable argument as to which is really worse.
So anyway, let em drink this Sunday, this new PC correct population who would not dare expose themselves in public without suffering the severest of consequences from the half baked Mass police contingent who would these days converge on our pisser like he was The Boston Strangler and make sure a judge rule that he end up labeled a sex offender for life.
Schaeffer Stadium would also go on to host some other events beside Patriot games such as six World Cup Soccer Games in 1994. Plus many an epic Rock Concert even one featuring the ever elusive but rockin Guns and Roses along with Metalica to open for them in 1992.
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Good old $4,000,000 to build in 1970 Schaeffer Stadium original home after a decade
as The Boston Patriots playing home games mainly at ill suited for football Fenway Park, The Yale Bowl
Alumni Field at BC and the all time low old BU Field in their early years.
Now christened, back in August of 1971 when it opened The storied franchise know at The New England Patriots were
born..
I have many a story from my sorties into the venerable old hunk of concrete and aluminum known as Schaeffer, Sullivan and just plain Foxboro stadium..Tis was just one of them.
Wil...
I have not been to Gillette Stadium very much but the same cannot be said for the old Schaeffer (among other names) Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. I was actually at the original first game ever played there - a massive traffic jam pre-season game between The New York Giants and the finally "we have a home (the cheapest in the NFL but still a home) New England Patriots and mainly owned by the colorful Billy Sullivan and his family. I forgot who won but remember it took about four hours just to get out of the old muddy as a swamp parking lot when it rained, which it did for that first game ever onto Route 1 and eventually get home a mere 15 miles maybe less away..I could have walked home faster..
My most vivid and to this day in my sometimes sick sense of humor head was being at Foxboro when Boston College and Notre Dame first met on the gridiron on September 15, 1975, in a game held at Foxboro Stadium. Trust me to tell you Notre Dame back then coming to Foxboro was a major event. I was able to get a ticket 18 months in advance among the BC students from an old BC Alum who when I was a kid was one of those Big Brother Program sponsors of mine, His name (RIP) was Mike and he treated me like a son for years since my real dad took a powder on my Mom (RIP) my kid sister and myself when I was around 3 years old...
Anyway, I had the ticket for the balmy night of September 15, 1975 and of course being a drinker back then got lubed up like most of the other 61,000 that showed up to see the beloved to the Boston Irish population "Fighting Irish" of Notre Dame play fellow Jesuit school Boston College. Game they were but also out-matched by the perennially top ten ranked and to good to attend Bowl games in those day Fighting Irish of Notre Dame..I remember Senator Ted Kennedy being in attendance at a much better seating local than the one I was in - the middle of the BC student section.
The story I am getting at is some young BC underclassman (probably a millionaire today) had passed out drunk to my right and just slumped down on his two feet tops of hard aluminum bench the stadium loosely referred to as seats. About two rows above us another future lawyer or Architect but then a BC undergrad had to take a leak and decided why bother hoofing it all the way to one of the half dozen pathetic mens toilets under the stands The Sullivan's spared no expense having installed and whipped it out right where he now stood and let fly while standing on his "seat" scoring a direct hit to the upper torso of the none the wiser passed out fellow BC student.
The thing I remember most about the actual event was the awake pisser may have set a at the time Foxboro record for the longest piss ever witnessed by over 60,000 mostly inebriated Notre Dame fans. In hindsight and not being that co-herent myself I estimate the piss lasted a good five minutes. Maybe I am exaggerating some, no way of telling any more but it seemed like a long dang gone piss which of course throughly saturated its unkowing and if truth be told, UN-caring receptacle.
The round of applause the now beaming proudly pisser received I swear out did the one the BC team received when they kicked their sole field goal in the 17-3 Irish victory...Sadly I never did find out when or even how the receptacle reacted when he eventually came to and found himself soaked in beer piss courtesy of the guy two rows back. I guess it could have been worse he could have been puked on instead but that is a debatable argument as to which is really worse.
So anyway, let em drink this Sunday, this new PC correct population who would not dare expose themselves in public without suffering the severest of consequences from the half baked Mass police contingent who would these days converge on our pisser like he was The Boston Strangler and make sure a judge rule that he end up labeled a sex offender for life.
Schaeffer Stadium would also go on to host some other events beside Patriot games such as six World Cup Soccer Games in 1994. Plus many an epic Rock Concert even one featuring the ever elusive but rockin Guns and Roses along with Metalica to open for them in 1992.
View attachment 12825
Good old $4,000,000 to build in 1970 Schaeffer Stadium original home after a decade
as The Boston Patriots playing home games mainly at ill suited for football Fenway Park, The Yale Bowl
Alumni Field at BC and the all time low old BU Field in their early years.
Now christened, back in August of 1971 when it opened The storied franchise know at The New England Patriots were
born..
I have many a story from my sorties into the venerable old hunk of concrete and aluminum known as Schaeffer, Sullivan and just plain Foxboro stadium..Tis was just one of them.
Wil...
good story wil! Although I was born in 81, I was an early teen before Kraft bought the team and remember sitting on those awful benches...there were no seats! It was Rod Rust coaching the team to a 1-15 record. The new place is great. I live in Brighton about 35 minutes northwest and go down there not only for games but for the shopping, restaurants, patriots hall of fame, etc etc that they have built in and around gillete stadium...pretty cool site. route 1 sucks, lots of cops and only 2 lanes to get back onto 495
